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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Which Web Browser do you use?

What browser do you use and why?

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Which web browser do you use and why?

After a number of responses I'm going to make another post in this thread that I think you will find interesting.
 
I think I have a hunch where this is going....and I'm very interested.

Depends on where I am.
At the house, I use primarily Google Chrome (there are things I have to access that only work with IE or Safari).
 
Chrome.

I liked Firefox, but Chrome is more streamlined along the top. Never tried Safari. Maybe one day??
 
Use both Firefox and Chrome, but Firefox is more predominate.
 
Ok what I'm getting art here is how color is perceived on the web.

Here in this image if you should be able to see a slight color shift in browsers in the 3 different browsers I've used here.
Test this out yourself in different browsers at the link and look at the side by side.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoX6ZUP5OK1EA77.JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dweb%2Bcolor%2Bchart%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dweb%2Bcolor%2Bchart%26fr%3Dmoz35%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D53&w=796&h=985&imgurl=www.coastairbrush.com%2Fcolorcharts%2Fimages%2FCC01.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coastairbrush.com%2Fcolorcharts%2Fautoair1.html&size=151.4+KB&name=...+web+color+limitations.+Color+Charts+featuring+actual+color+chips+are&p=web+color+chart&oid=be6d024f0307e2e90a35c44fc32f6c39&fr2=&fr=moz35&tt=...%2Bweb%2Bcolor%2Blimitations.%2BColor%2BCharts%2Bfeaturing%2Bactual%2Bcolor%2Bchips%2Bare&b=31&ni=180&no=53&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=11mgitdsf&sigb=13s4d52f8&sigi=11hjidfv5&.crumb=axwV/G/yu2s

This whole color thing has been driving me crazy lately because what images I see on my computer screen looks accurate and then looking at them online I can notice some color shift.

I'm using a high gamut NEC display that I religiously keep calibrated with my Color Calibration Colorimeter and software so I know my display is properly calibrated.

Can you see the difference in colors in the different browsers?
 

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I use Firefox because the free add-ons are great. NoScript is fantastic and preventing viruses from even touching your system. The web developer add-ons like FireBug, FireFTP, and ColorZilla are invaluable for the web design things I've been doing lately. Granted, FireFox is a little larger on the back-end than say, Chrome, so loading times are a bit more, but honestly I love Firefox's security features and versatility. It really is a "build your own browser."
 
For certain reasons Firefox is the best browser not only for it's add-ons but if you want to have a tight color management workflow for images for the web and you use calibration software & tools you can customize Firefox color space to match your display.

I also like using Safari and really like the way bookmarks are handled so that you can preview the webpages.

Google Chrome, it's fast but I don't like having everything I do on the web stored in a database forever.

Internet Explorer, well I haven't used it in many moons...

If you want to see how your Display reacts to Tagged/Untagged images check out these web sites to start.

http://gearoracle.com/tools/web-browser-color-management-test/


http://www.gballard.net/psd/srgbforwww.html


Here's a screenshot of how color can shift when you upload it to the web.
Original pic is on the left.

I have no more color shift in my images!!!

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SirenSanJose said:
Oh nice! Thank you for the tip!
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I done mine manually first and then found this and downloaded it and got the same results, quite a difference. As you can see after upgrading the Firefox things will look the way they should rather than over saturated.


Screenshot with Firefox upgraded on the left vs Chrome.

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Well I just looked at the above post in Chrome and you can see a difference but both the comparisons are over saturated so people will need Firefox with the upgrade and a calibrated display to see the best results.
 
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